AN ACT TO DESIGNATE A CERTAIN PORTION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY 18 IN JASPER COUNTY AS THE "TOM ROYCE GREEN MEMORIAL HIGHWAY"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. (1) That portion of Mississippi Highway 18 in Jasper County beginning at the corporate limits of the Town of Bay Springs and extending northeasterly approximately twenty (20) miles to the Rose Hill community shall be known as the "Tom Royce Green Memorial Highway."

(2) The Mississippi Department of Transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs along and approaching that portion of Mississippi Highway 18 described in subsection (1) of this section.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2001.